DISCOUNTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

discounter

noun

Definition of discounter

as in retailer

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Recent Examples of discounter Spirit, the pioneering discounter, permanently shut down operations on May 2 after failing to secure a federal government bailout. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026 Barneys New York ranks as one of retail’s greatest makeovers — transforming from a menswear discounter in the ’60s into a chic and irreverent enclave for luxury fashion. — David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying. — Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter. — Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026 The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter. — Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for discounter

Noun

Forward-looking brands and retailers are drawing up blueprints for the next demographic frontier — the tiniest tots born between 2025 and 2039.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The big-box retailer has also benefited from wealthier consumers’ trading down as Americans tighten their budgets.

— Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of retailer

Noun

As Taylor Farms deals with the fallout from the cyclospora outbreak, the California vegetable wholesaler had to issue a recall of food products with jalapeño peppers from Walmart, Kroger, Target and other large chains.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
The mortgage wholesaler sent a letter dated July 16 to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, urging the agency to modify or postpone the changes.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of wholesaler

Noun

The film played on just one screen at the Angelika in NYC and made $41,104, which the distributor said gives it a PSA that places seventh all-time for documentaries.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
That retail price isn’t set at the same time a fuel distributor purchases home heating oil at one of the terminals spread across Connecticut.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

At least two San Francisco home listings seen by CNN this spring said the sellers would consider accepting shares of OpenAI or Anthropic as payment.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of individual sellers have lost their merchandise, sending shock waves across Russia’s economy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

Bitsight also raised the possibility that an original equipment distributor, reseller or custom firmware provider added the apps before the boxes reached consumers.

— Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
The City of Pittsburgh requires an annual ticket-reseller license for anyone reselling tickets connected to events at PNC Park, PPG Paints Arena or Acrisure Stadium, still referred to as Heinz Field in the city code.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of reseller

Noun

During the spring, the United States became the world’s largest oil exporter and briefly became a net exporter of crude oil for the first time since World War II.

— Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, and Ukraine, also a major agricultural exporter, have been attacking each other's export facilities and infrastructure in the Black Sea area in recent weeks, sending global wheat prices higher.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026